HICL Infrastructure (HICL) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, PSH or HICL?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSH or HICL a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PSH or HICL?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PSH or HICL?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than HICL Infrastructure. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.67	£2.71B	£953.80	4.37
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	22.99	£101.36M	£5.10	23.85

Is PSH or HICL more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.97%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%

Does the media refer more to PSH or HICL?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	Neutral
HICL Infrastructure	Positive

Summary

Pershing Square beats HICL Infrastructure on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.